CVE-2024-55626

low-risk

Published 2025-01-06

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.8, a large BPF filter file provided to Suricata at startup can lead to a buffer overflow at Suricata startup. The issue has been addressed in Suricata 7.0.8.

Do I need to act?

0.09% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 3.3/10 Low

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Suricata

Affected Vendors

Oisf

References (4)

Patch https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/dd71ef0af222a566e54dfc479dd1951dd17d7ceb

Vendor Advisory https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-wmg4-jqx5-4h9v

Permissions Required https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7366

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00029.html

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low-risk

Severity 13/34 · Low

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal